Misery finally talked about water enough for me to look into it and it does seem that we should be drinking a surprisingly large amount of water each. But how much?
The first thing that comes up on Google for me is:
"The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine determined that an adequate daily fluid intake is: About 15.5 cups (3.7 liters) of fluids a day for men. About 11.5 cups (2.7 liters) of fluids a day for women."
Then I also found this:
"Multiply by 2/3: Next you want to multiply your weight by 2/3 (or 67%) to determine how much water to drink daily. For example, if you weighed 175 pounds you would multiply that by 2/3 and learn you should be drinking about 117 ounces of water every day."
It also said to add 12 ounces of water for each 30 minutes of exercise you do, which made me wonder: how much do I add for taking six medications?
I'm probably overthinking it and should just drink some amount in the area of what they're generally saying, but I'm also just curious.
I'm also curious, what are the benefits of drinking enough water? When I try to google that, I find the benefits of drinking enough water to not die basically. But why is the recommended amount that amount and what does it do for you? They must know that very few people are meeting the standard so I wonder if they felt at all silly choosing those numbers.
Sincerely,
Me
P.S. I don't know why, I just suddenly felt like ending it like a letter.
The first thing that comes up on Google for me is:
"The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine determined that an adequate daily fluid intake is: About 15.5 cups (3.7 liters) of fluids a day for men. About 11.5 cups (2.7 liters) of fluids a day for women."
Then I also found this:
"Multiply by 2/3: Next you want to multiply your weight by 2/3 (or 67%) to determine how much water to drink daily. For example, if you weighed 175 pounds you would multiply that by 2/3 and learn you should be drinking about 117 ounces of water every day."
It also said to add 12 ounces of water for each 30 minutes of exercise you do, which made me wonder: how much do I add for taking six medications?
I'm probably overthinking it and should just drink some amount in the area of what they're generally saying, but I'm also just curious.
I'm also curious, what are the benefits of drinking enough water? When I try to google that, I find the benefits of drinking enough water to not die basically. But why is the recommended amount that amount and what does it do for you? They must know that very few people are meeting the standard so I wonder if they felt at all silly choosing those numbers.
Sincerely,
Me
P.S. I don't know why, I just suddenly felt like ending it like a letter.